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May 7, 1998 -- Volume #4 -- Number #074

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BILL McMURRY
vs.
HANCOCK COUNTY ELECTION
COMMISSION, JOHN KNOX
WALKUP, ATTORNEY GENERAL
OF TENNESSEE, and the
ELECTION COMMISSION of the
STATE OF TENNESSEE
Court:TCA
Attorneys:
William A. Zierer, Morristown, for Appellant.
Janie C. Porter, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, For Appellees.
Judge:INMAN
First Paragraph:
The appellant, a nonlawyer, was elected to the office of General
Sessions Judge of Hancock County in the August 1990 general election.
URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/mcmurray_ca3.WP6
STATE OF TENNESSEE
vs.
ANTHONY JOEL ALLEN, JR.
Court:TCCA
Attorneys:
For the Appellant: For the Appellee:
John Harwell Dickey John Knox Walkup
District Public Defender Attorney General and Reporter
Michael D. Randles Karen M. Yacuzzo
Assistant Public Defender Assistant Attorney General
105 S. Main Street 425 Fifth Avenue North
Fayetteville, TN 37334 Nashville, TN 37243-0493
(At trial)
Curtis H. Gann W. Michael McCown
Assistant Public Defender District Attorney General
(On appeal)
Frank Charles Crawford
James Barnes Cox
Asst District Attorneys
215 E. College Street
Fayetteville, TN 37334
Judge:Barker
First Paragraph:
The appellant, Anthony Joel Allen, Jr., appeals as of right his
conviction in the Lincoln County Circuit Court of attempted second
degree murder. Appellant was sentenced to ten years as a Range I
offender. On appeal, he contends that the evidence was insufficient
to support his conviction and that his sentence is excessive. After a
thorough review of the record, we affirm the judgment of the trial
court.
URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/allenaj_mdr.WP6
STATE OF TENNESSEE
vs.
WILLIE D. GRAHAM
Court:TCCA
Attorneys:
For Appellant: For Appellee:
J. Thomas Marshall, Jr. John Knox Walkup
Public Defender Attorney General and Reporter
101 South Main Street
Clinton, TN 37716 Elizabeth B. Marney
Assistant Attorney General
Criminal Justice Division
425 Fifth Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37243-0493
Jan Hicks
Asst District Attorney General
127 Anderson County Courthouse
Clinton, TN 37716
Judge:WADE
First Paragraph:
Indicted for first degree murder, the defendant, Willie D. Graham, was
convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the death of his
brother-in-law, Ray Anthony Shervington. The trial court imposed a
Range I sentence of six years.
URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/grahamwd_opn.WP6

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